Railway-tie.



I 4K. R. SGHUSTER.

RAILWAY TIE. APPLICATION FII-BI) JULY 29, 1909.

Patented May 30, 191i,

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ATTORNEY K. lsa. SCHH-STER;

RAILWAY TE.

APPLIUATION FILED JULY 29, 1909.

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K. R. SGHUSTER.

RAILWAY TIE. APPLICATION IILED JULY 29, 1909.

Patented May 30, 1911.

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KARL n. soHUsTER, or NEW ronca:y N. Y

RAILWAY-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led July 29, 1909.

Patented May 3o, 1911. Serial No. 510,216

i'nforced without, however, making the'cost of the tie prohibitive. In attaining this end I embed in the tie a longitudinally extending reinforce rod .which is run back and iseats for the rail, which seats are embedded Aforth through the tie 'to secure a truss elfect and combine with this truss rod metallic in the concrete and form transverse reinforces for the same. Further, I so arrange these seats that they furnish means for holding the fastenings of the rails by which the rails are held on the tie.

` in these drawings ;-F igure 1 is a longitudinal section of the tie. constructed in accorda section on the line 3-3 of Fig. Qbnt showing a modified form of rail retaining clip;

' Fig. 4 is a plan view of the device for atw tac-.hing the rail to the tie; Fig. 5 is a dia-I gram showing the manner of stamping the tie plates and forming from the waste the `-bearing and clip plates; Fig. 6 is an enlarged cross-section on the line 6 6 of Fig. 7 showing the second preferred form of the invention; Fig. 7 is a section of the same on the line 7-7 of Fig. 6; Fig. 8 is a plan View of the part shown in lr`igs. 6 and 7; and Fig. 9 is a diagram showing thc manner of forming the tic, bearing and clip pla-tes.

The body 12 of tho tic' is constructed of concrete and has embedded therein two reinforce bars or ,rods 14. These bars or rods are turned back upon themselves and are bowed to form trusses 14a directly under the position of the. rails a, thus affording longitudinal reinforcement' which resists all bending stress on the tie i Bearing under eacl; rail is a tie-plate 15, which lies on the top surface of the tie and has at each end a loop 16. These loops extend transversely into the tie and embrace the reinforce bars 14. Embedded in the tie under the tie-plate 15 and at each side edge thereof are bearing-plates 17 against which the clips 18 engage. These clips are bent over into angular form so that their main portions ',lie perpendicular while their upper portions Vover-hang and engage the base of the rail at opposite sides holding the railin place. If desired, the clips 18 may be extended as indicated Vby the broken lines 18 in Fig. 3, so that they will lie against the web of the rail and in this case the extended parts of the clips may be fastened together by a bolt 19 passing through the web. In

this manner the clip-plates may be made to serve to prevent creeping of the rails; and by placing the bolt 19 at the middle of the rail, the latter may bel allowed to expand and contract atI the ends. The top surface of the tie is recessed as indicated at 20, to permit the introduction of ai bolt 21. This bolt ex# tends through openings 22 in the bearingplates and through olpenings 23 in the clipplates, and the head and nut of the bolt bear against the clip-plates drawing them inward against the rail. Th'e bearing-plates 17 are permanently embedded in the concrete of the tie, but the plates 18 are loosely fitted in the recesses 20 so that upon removing the bolt,

Imanner of forming the tie-bar and clipplates as well as the loops 16. In accomplishing this purpose, a rectangular-plate is employed, the ends of which are recessed to form the loops 16 and also the cli s 18 and bearing-plates 17 ,leaving the tie-p ate 15 in the center of the ori 'nal rectangular-plate. The loops 16 are ben down from the blank. It will be seen that# two bearing-plates 17 and two clipplates 18 are necessary for each tie-plate and that these may be formed from the metal stamped out of the original pla-te, leaving a section of metal, designated b in Fig. 5, from which larger cliplates may be formed if desired, for examp e, clip-'plates embodying the elongated or extended portion 18a indicated in Fig. 3, or clips ma be made large enough to embrace'the anglears and little labor. After forming the bearing,

protecting the metal parts from the weatherat a joint in the rail. This, it will be seen, enables all the parts to be formed by a very simple operation and minimizes the waste' involved.

` The construction shown in Figs. 6, 7, 8 and 9 diers from that described mainly in the manner of forming the tie-plate 15 and bearing-plates 17". In this case the bearingplates 1t instead of being separated from the tie-,plate are formed integral therewith and are bent down from the tie-plate to lie in the concrete. This is shown in F ig. 9 where there are two bearingplates 1T at each side of the tie-plate. These bearingplates are stamped from the original plate as described with respect to Fig. 5; and the metal removed to form the loops 16a may be employed to form the clips 18, the same as in the first described construction. This tie may be assembled with great convenience clip and tie-plates, the tie-plates, bearingy plates and loops may be set in the mold 1n inverted position and the. reinforce bars 14 may be placed in the mold and held by the loo s and tie-plates. The bottom of the mo d should have a suitable formation to produce the recesses 20, and a-wooden pin should be inserted between the bearingplates to form the cavity for the bolt 21. When the concrete is set and removed from the mold this pin may be knocked out from under the tie-plate l5. Where the rails are not to be removed or where there is little traffic on the road so that the rails Wear ver slowly the recesses 2O may be lilled Wit pitch or some other plastic substance, thus and holding the nut of the bolt 2l, thus avoiding the use of a nutlock.

rlhe tie is practically indestructible and will endure the stress of the heaviest railroad traffic. Further, it produces a solid and practically unyielding roadbed,

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by lietters Iatent of the United States, is.:

l; A concrete railwa tie having a lieplate on the upper sur ace, means for an clioring it to the tie, vertical lleuriugplutes at the edges of the tie-plate, said hearing plates having their iuner sides against tlu: concrete and their outer sides exposed, clips bearing against the outer exposed sides of the bearing-plates at the base of the rail, and means for forcing the clips inward against the rail.

2. A concrete railway-tie having a tieplate on the upper surface, means for anchoring it to the tie, vertical bearing-plates constituting permanent parts of the tie, said bearing-plates having their outer sides exposed, clips bearing against the outer exposed sides of the bearing-plates at the base of the rail, and means for forcing the clips inward against the rail.

3.1i concrete railway-tie having a tieplate on the" upper surface, means for anchoring it to the tie, vertical bearing-plates constituting permanent parts of the tie, said bearing-plates having their outer sides eX- posed, clips bearing against the outer exposed sides of the bearing-plates at the base of the rail, and means for forcing the clips inward against the rail, consisting of a bolt pissing through the clips beneath the, tieate. p 4. -A concrete railway-tie having a' tieplate on the upper surface, said tie-plate posed in said recesses with their outer sides exposed, clips bearing aga-inst the outer exposed sides of the bearinglates, and means for forcing the clips inwar against the rail.

5. Aeoncrete railway-tie having a ties plate on the upper surface, said tie-plate having recesses extending inward from opposite edves and having anchoring loops ex tending rom said edges into the concrete, vertical bearing-plates at the inner edges of said recesses with their outer sides exposed, clips bearing against the outer eX- 'posed sides of the bearing-plates, and means for forcing the clips inward against the rail, consisting of a bolt passing through the clips beneath the tie-plate, the upper surface of the tie being recessed in the region of said recesses to permit removal and manipulation of the bolt.

A concrete railway/tie havin a t-ie plate, means for anehorin it in p ace and means for fastening a rai to the tie-plate including an element extending under the AJtieplaie, said tie having a cavity adjacent KARL lt. SCHUSTER.

Witnesses:

ISAAC B. OWENS, B. Brees. 

